Ernest Vivian Lindell
MilitaryShot down by flak on mission to V-Site Le Meillard on 14 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31246. Evaded (EVD). Only member of crew not captured. He was helped by the French Resistance through occupied France, walking over the Pyrenees Mountains and into neutral Spain, arriving on May 8th, his 23rd birthday.
Escape and Evasion Report #730.
Missing Air Crew Report #2497
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804606
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Dakota | 8 May 1921 | |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 8 December 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 8 December 1943, Neill Lasane Britt Crew. |
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Died |
15 August 2010 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2497 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5746
Escape and Evasion Report #730
2016-06-04 consolidated with information from duplicate AAM file http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/60130
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2497, 8th AF Losses, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…